amtrak going bust?

[pigeonman007]

The Amtrak site hs gone, it just says

 

Ian Best and Tom Lukic were appointed as Administrators to Netfold Limited trading as Amtrak on 22nd August 2008

 

[pjc]

anybody got a spare 50p for the business?

[Roland]

Be some time, if ever, before admins sort it out... Might not actyally mean that they won't re - open.

'Careful what one wishes for' does indeed spring to mind Chriss.

  Now whether one likes it or not, Fanciers' will have to pull together, Have to put hands up, or into their pocket, and sort out a relay set up, with of course help from the likes of, if not only AMdeliveries.

Need a webwork inside feds / counties then country for decent and effective set up I believe.

Fear too many will be saying already. 'Well won't have the birds back then ... or something silly like 'Good Riddance to them'.

[bluewhiteflight]

the local depot in barrow in furness cumbria is open this morning

[Guest shadow]

speaking to one of the drivers a few weeks ago they were considering restructure and packing up livestock transport under the reconstruction just the same as interlink did many moons ago

[Chris Little]

Phoned our local depot, the guy told me they are kapoot

[Guest chrisss]

just had a look at their website its history,and even if they find a buyer in todays climate, who will want to transport livestock of any sort,too many rules and regs,and no money [just ask our great white hope am]

[bluewhiteflight]

the local depot in barrow in furness cumbria is open this morning

 

when i said i rang depot the phone was answered by the bloke who usually answers but i didnt speak i just put phone down sorry for any misunderstandings

[OLDYELLOW]

in the current financial market with rising fuel costs and negative growth housing market at a stand still , i cant see anyone want to make amtrack an offer as they will no doubt be in the very same position , i guess this will become common place , my father inlaw lost his job as a delievery driver for another firm just because his route had become no longer viable and they was loosing money , welcome to the start of a recession

[Guest chrisss]

there is one small mercy in all of this ,at least this happened over a bank holiday,can you picture this happening in a "normal"week,could you picture the hundreds[thousands?]of birds stuck in unmanned depots all over the country?,would they have been moved by guys no longer been payed?

[Roland]

True Chriss... More importantly can we see the problems fast amounting upon us!

[Guest IB]

As the crunch came over a weekend, there should be no livestock in transit.

 

Administrators have a duty to try and sell on the business, or parts of it, as a going concern. I think it is far too early to tell whether it's finished or not. I don't know of any other firm that transports individual livestock lots, so there should be a niche market there. Making it profitable is another matter.

[DOVEScot]

As the crunch came over a weekend, there should be no livestock in transit.

 

Administrators have a duty to try and sell on the business, or parts of it, as a going concern. I think it is far too early to tell whether it's finished or not. I don't know of any other firm that transports individual livestock lots, so there should be a niche market there. Making it profitable is another matter.

 

There should be other couriers becuase you can have birds other than pigeons transported :-/

[pigeonman007]

Just got this from the Amtrak site

 

I. Best and T. Lukic were appointed as Administrators of Netfold Limited t /as Amtrak on Friday evening 22nd August and the Company has subsequently ceased trading. As a result Netfold Ltd t/as Amtrak cannot meet your future requirements for parcel carriage. However Business Post - UK Mail are pleased to offer you a solution to your carriage requirements at your current terms. To take advantage of this simply place your booking and a representative from Business Post will contact you. For further information please call 0121 335 1015

[jimmy white]

yes,, this is a lot better than "i heard" ,,,,,,,,,proof,, not chit chat

[DOVEScot]

Just got this from the Amtrak site

 

I. Best and T. Lukic were appointed as Administrators of Netfold Limited t /as Amtrak on Friday evening 22nd August and the Company has subsequently ceased trading. As a result Netfold Ltd t/as Amtrak cannot meet your future requirements for parcel carriage. However Business Post - UK Mail are pleased to offer you a solution to your carriage requirements at your current terms. To take advantage of this simply place your booking and a representative from Business Post will contact you. For further information please call 0121 335 1015

 

Just phoned they are not and have no plans to transport livestock

[OLDYELLOW]

and you'l never guess the R.P.R.A arent answering the phone , what are we paying our membership for ?

[DOVEScot]

yes,, this is a lot better than "i heard" ,,,,,,,,,proof,, not chit chat

 

[Guest]

i had them turn up on friday to colect a bird to go up north ,the driver was put out when it politley told him to [go forth and multiply] looks like i made the right choise .

[DOVEScot]

i had them turn up on friday to colect a bird to go up north ,the driver was put out when it politley told him to [go forth and multiply] looks like i made the right choise .

 

As far as I know Amtrak did not pick up on a Friday unless it was a special delivery :-/